Former House Speaker Paul Ryan is betting that states can take the lead in reforming the social safety net.
The longtime free-market evangelist is proposing state pilot programs that would simplify welfare by combining complicated safety-net programs into a new benefit delivery model that is adaptable to individual circumstances, with the goal of getting more people into the workplace and off government support.
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